Hawkshead

Hawkshead

Hawkshead (spr. haoks-hedd), Städtchen in Lancashire (England), 8 km südwestlich von Ambleside, am Esthwaite Water, mit alter normannischer Kirche, einer lateinischen Schule, die der Dichter Wordsworth besucht hat, und (1901) 638 Einw.; 1 km nördlich liegt H. Hall, ehemals Landsitz der Äbte von Furneß.


http://www.zeno.org/Meyers-1905. 1905–1909.

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